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U.S. Budget Week: Senate to Vote Next Week on Ryan-Murray Accord

Budget Agreement Flies Through House, Faces Slower Journey In Senate. Senate To Take Up Budget On Tuesday; Final Vote Expected Later In Week. House Speaker Boehner Declines To Preview 2014 Battle Over Debt Ceiling

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Robert Bixby, the executive director of the Concord Coalition, said in a blog that it remains unclear what will happen next on the fiscal front after the Ryan-Murray accord becomes law. He wrote, "the question is whether this is the beginning of a new phase of bipartisan cooperation on deficit reduction or the end of any efforts to reach a grand bargain. At this point, it is impossible to say."